01-04-2018, 08:18 PM
Kalakoa: "Many people (myself included) do not want, nor can they afford, full pavement."
Terracore: "Agreed. If people are regularly driving 40 on a 15MPH cinder road, I can't imagine how fast they would drive if it was paved."
Chunkster: "A nicely maintained gravel or cinder road would be nice . . . and enough for me."
I agree too, and while the 4 of us don't make a majority, it does illustrate that not everyone is gung ho to pave everything. Years ago, when designing the paving plan, it became clear that opinions ranged from "pave everything" to "pave nothing". A compromise was reached, and the plan was to pave only the entry roads and leave the side roads gravel. I believe that most folks were satisfied with this compromise.
Special Master wrote: "They appear to be doing a similar job on the roadways as other groups or Boards have done in the past......it satisfies the residents with temporary improvements that are affordable. The better practice is to pave or chip seal the roadways"
Aside from the fact that she is disregarding what "satisfies the residents" and gives no indication of where the millions of dollars will come from (is she planning to set us up with a bond fiasco similar to HPP?), I have to point out that she is very adamant about the contractors having to be licensed. So where are her credentials for making recommendations on methods of road maintenance? Is she a licensed contractor? Does she have a degree in civil engineering? Has she ever even worked as a gopher on a road crew, licensed or not?
As dysfunctional as our system is currently and inherently, receivership will not fix it. Our current boards BOTH have the best interests of Orchidland in mind, they just don't agree on what that means. Giving complete authority to someone who is out of touch with our residents and our governing documents will only take us deeper into the quagmire. See "post receivership HPP".
Terracore: "Agreed. If people are regularly driving 40 on a 15MPH cinder road, I can't imagine how fast they would drive if it was paved."
Chunkster: "A nicely maintained gravel or cinder road would be nice . . . and enough for me."
I agree too, and while the 4 of us don't make a majority, it does illustrate that not everyone is gung ho to pave everything. Years ago, when designing the paving plan, it became clear that opinions ranged from "pave everything" to "pave nothing". A compromise was reached, and the plan was to pave only the entry roads and leave the side roads gravel. I believe that most folks were satisfied with this compromise.
Special Master wrote: "They appear to be doing a similar job on the roadways as other groups or Boards have done in the past......it satisfies the residents with temporary improvements that are affordable. The better practice is to pave or chip seal the roadways"
Aside from the fact that she is disregarding what "satisfies the residents" and gives no indication of where the millions of dollars will come from (is she planning to set us up with a bond fiasco similar to HPP?), I have to point out that she is very adamant about the contractors having to be licensed. So where are her credentials for making recommendations on methods of road maintenance? Is she a licensed contractor? Does she have a degree in civil engineering? Has she ever even worked as a gopher on a road crew, licensed or not?
As dysfunctional as our system is currently and inherently, receivership will not fix it. Our current boards BOTH have the best interests of Orchidland in mind, they just don't agree on what that means. Giving complete authority to someone who is out of touch with our residents and our governing documents will only take us deeper into the quagmire. See "post receivership HPP".